Legal Opinion
Baldwin v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 1, 1998No. 95-6776PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Chief Judge:
Appellant Brian Baldwin challenges the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and the court’s failure to conduct an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Direct Appeal
On August 9, 1977, a jury in the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Alabama, convicted Baldwin of the capital felony of robbery during which the victim was intentionally killed, in violation of section 13-ll-2(a)(2) of the 1975 Alabama Code. 1 After holding a sepa rate hearing, the court sentenced Baldwin to death. On October 3, 1978, the Alabama…
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3Cited by57 opinions
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